Snow fell on Dresden the evening before a ceremony commemorating the city’s catastrophic destruction nearly seventy years ago. On the night of February 13, 1945, Allied bombs claimed 25,000 lives,…
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In mid-20th century, performers would let magazine photographers get close. Audrey Hepburn did so with Mark Shaw in 1953. James Dean let Dennis Stock hang out in 1955. Leonard McCombe…
Lillian Bassman, a magazine art director and fashion photographer who achieved renown in the 1940s and ’50s with high-contrast, dreamy portraits of sylphlike models, then re-emerged in the ’90s as…
The story of Kiribati mirrors the modern life in many developing Pacific countries. Last September and October, I have been photographing the disappearing islands of Kiribati. Due to global warming…
Michel Haddi is a fashion photographer. He specializes in “bookazines” which he publishes twice a year to coincide with fashion weeks in Paris, Milan, London and New York. His latest…
America's most expected magazine release happened this week. The new Sports Illustrated issue hit newsstands Tuesday, right on time for Valentine's day. In its first day, the issue generated 3.5…
Amy Lyne is a freelance documentary photographer, whose work focuses on social issues that tend to be overshadowed by the headline news. After attending La Sorbonne in Paris and Bogazici’s…
Marion Gronier was published on the second day of La Lettre. Her project has since become a book and an exhibition. Here it is again. It’s Saturday. It’s cold…
John L. Hillelson has died. A great figure of 20th century photojournalism has left us. The "John Hillelson Agency" represented Magnum in London, but also Sygma and Viva. He…